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Show GETTING READY FOR THE DRUG OF A DEEP WELL . i The road leading from the county highway to the artesian wells, near Huntsville. will be completed in the next few days, says Mayor A. G. Fell, which will make it possible to place the well driving machinery recently purchased by the city. The mayor plans to begin the sinking sink-ing of an experimental well to a depth of from 500 to Sun feet as soon as thp machinery Is on th mound Ho is of the opinion that drilling will b"Rin earlier than May 1. A four-Inch four-Inch casing will be used and it iB expected ex-pected a heavier flow of water will be encountered at the greater depth than now comes any of the wells at the prenent depth of 110 feet The drilling machinery can go to a depth of at least 800 feet, but It is the lmprea6lon of the engineers and others of the city government, that it will not be necessary to sink the experimental well deeper than 500 feet to demonstrate whether there is more water deeper down. oo 'The Outcast." The Ogden. Advertisement |